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Crusted vs Encrusted - What's the difference?

crusted | encrusted |

As verbs the difference between crusted and encrusted

is that crusted is past tense of crust while encrusted is past tense of encrust.

As an adjective encrusted is

having an incrustation.

crusted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (crust)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    crust

    English

    (wikipedia crust)

    Noun

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external layer of most types of bread.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • * Dryden
    • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
  • * Macaulay
    • They made the crust for the venison pasty.
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
    • You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
  • *
  • crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)

    • Related terms

    * crusted * crusty * encrust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a crust.
  • * Boyle
    • The whole body is crusted over with ice.
  • * Felton
    • Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
  • To form a crust.

    • Anagrams

    *

    encrusted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incrusted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encrust)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having an incrustation